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Also known as Númenórean

Adûnaic (or Númenórean) ("language of the West") is one of the fictional languages devised by J. R. R. Tolkien for his fantasy works.

Key facts

Language.name
Adûnaic
Language.creator
J. R. R. Tolkien
Language.setting
Fantasy world of Middle-earth
Language.fam1
constructed languages
Language.fam2
artistic languages
Language.fam3
fictional languages
Language.fam4
languages of Arda
Language.posteriori
a priori language, but related to other languages of Arda
Language.iso3
none
Language.glotto
none
Language.ietf
art-x-adunaic

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Fictional history
  • Concept and creation
  • Phonology
  • Grammar
  • Nouns
  • Sample text
  • References
  • External links

Adûnaic (or Númenórean) ("language of the West") is one of the fictional languages devised by J. R. R. Tolkien for his fantasy works.

One of the languages of Arda in Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, Adûnaic was spoken by the Men of Númenor during the Second Age. By the time of the War of the Ring at the end of the Third Age, it had developed into the common speech or Westron.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Adûnaic” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.